Miles Weinberger, MD
Research Profile

Education:

Predoctoral and Doctoral Education
1960   University of Pittsburgh   A.B. (Sociology)
1965   University of Pittsburgh   MD (Medicine)

Postgraduate Medical Education
1965-67   University of California Medical Center, SF   Residency (Pediatrics)
1967-69   NIH, NINDS, Perinatal Research Branch   Fellowship (Research Associate)
1969-71   National Jewish Hospital & University of Colorado, Denver   Fellowship (Allergy-Immunology and Pediatric Pulmonology)
1973-75   University of Colorado   Fellowship (Clinical Pharmacology)

Research Interests:

Awards:

• Clemens von Pirquet Award, American College of Allergy, 1974
• The Walter Bierring Award, American Lung Association of Iowa, 1986
• Ray A. Kroc Visiting Professorship in Pediatrics at University of Hawari'i at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, 2000
• Sumner J. Yaffe Lifetime Achievement Award in Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics from the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group, October 2, 2003
• Philip S. Hench Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Alumni Association, May 21, 2004

Recent Publications (past 3 years):
Manuscripts

1. Abu-Hasan M, Tannous B, Weinberger M. Exercise-induced dyspnea in children and adolescents: if not asthma then what? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005;94:366-71.
2. Mehdi N, Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan MN. Etiology and outcome of childhood chronic cough using a simple diagnostic approach. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology 2005;18:1-7.
3. Ferguson PJ, Weinberger M. Shrinking Lung Syndrome in a 14 Year Old Boy With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Ped Pulmonol 2006;41:194-7.
4. Doshi D. Weinberger M. Long-term outcome of vocal cord dysfunction. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2006;96;794-799.
5. Weinberger M, Abu-hasan M. Life threatening asthma during treatment with salmeterol. N Eng J Med 2006;335:852-53.
6. Abu-Hasan M, Weinberger M. Management of asthma in children: translating patient-oriented evidence into practice. Hospital Physician. August 2007;43(8):36-49.
7. Weinberger M. Should corticosteroids be used for first time young wheezers? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119:567-569.
8. Weinberger M. Asthma guidelines: a focus on low intensity high yield application. ADVANCE for Managers of Respiratory Care, 2007(May);16(4):34-37.
9. Al-Shawwa B, Al-Huniti N, Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Clinical and therapeutic variables influencing hospitalizations for bronchiolitis in a community-based paediatric group practice. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2007;16:93-97.
10. Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Pseudo-asthma: when cough, wheezing, and dyspnea are not asthma. Pediatrics 2007;120:855-864.
11. Weinberger M. Long-acting beta agonists and exercise. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008;122:251-253.
12. Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Perceptions and Pathophysiology of Dyspnea and Exercise Intolerance. Ped Clinics N America (in press).
13. Weinberger M. Cough misdiagnosed as asthma. Recent Advances in Paediatrics 25 (in press)
14. Weinberger M. Pediatric Asthma and Related Allergic and Non-Allergic Diseases: Patient-Oriented Evidence Based Essentials that Matter. Pediatric Health 2008;2(5):631-650.
15. Mehdi N, Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Achalasia: Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough in Children. Cough 2008, 4:6 (24 July 2008)
16. Gurgel RK, Brookes JT, Weinberger MM, Smith RJ. Chronic Cough and Tonsillar Hypertrophy: A Case Series. Ped Pulmonol 2008 (in press).

Book Chapters & Monographs

1. Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Chapter 55: Asthma in the pre-school child. In Kendig’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 7th edition, Edited by V. Chernick, TF Boat, RW Wilmott, A Bush. 2006, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp 795-809.
2. Weinberger M. Theophylline and phosphodiesterase inhibitors. In Lung Biology in Health & Disease, Volume 212, Pharmacotherapy of Asthma, Executive Editor Claude Lenfant, edited by James T. Li; Taylor & Francis Group NY, pp 151-95, 2006.
3. Weinberger M, Abu-Hasan M. Pseudo-asthma: Chapter 19, When Cough, Wheezing, and Dyspnea are not Asthma. In Allergy, Editor, M. Mahmoudi, McGraw Hill, New York, 2007, pp 168-176.
4. Weinberger M. Solé D. The natural history of childhood asthma. In Allergy Fronteirs: Epigenetics to Future Perspectives. Editors Pawankar R, Holgate S, Rosenwaser L. Springer (in press).